By Kristen Houser, Freethink Simon Maina / AFP / Getty Images Pupils from Light House Grace academy use the Kio tablet created by the local technology company BRCK Education during a class sesssion in Kawangware, Nairobi. It’s 2030, and more than two-thirds of the population of sub-Saharan Africa is now …
I’m a climate journalist and know I don’t do nearly enough. Here’s what I’m trying to change
By Aimee Rawlins, Fast Company In the era of Trump, it’s time for all of us to take a closer look at our consumption and break some bad habits. When food gets tossed into landfills, it lays there festering, releasing more methane than any other type of trash. And while …
Former EU environment chief warns against backsliding on climate crisis
By Jennifer Rankin, The Guardian Virginijus Sinkevicius, a former environment commissioner, criticises bloc’s decision to delay deforestation law. Firefighters on their way to tackle a wildfire in Ano Loutro, near Xylokastro in Corinthia, Greece, in September 2024. Photograph: Vassilis Psomas/EPA A former EU environment commissioner has warned against backsliding on the …
Biden Sets Higher U.S. Goal Under the Climate Pact That Trump Aims to Abandon
By Marianne Lavelle and Phil McKenna, Inside Climate News The White House says a 61 percent cut in U.S. carbon emissions by 2035 is possible under the Paris agreement, if state and local governments take the lead. Cows graze in a field near the coal-fueled Oak Grove Power Plant on …
‘Amazon of the Seas’ Threatened by Oil and Gas Developments
By Teresa Tomassoni, Inside Climate News A new report warns fossil fuel developments in the Coral Triangle pose increased risks for ecological disaster in the ocean. Coast guard members clean up an oil slick that washed ashore from the sunken oil tanker Princess Empress on March 8, 2023 in Pola, …
‘Unprecedented risk’ to life on Earth: Scientists call for halt on ‘mirror life’ microbe research
By Ian Sample, The Guardian Experts warn that mirror bacteria, constructed from mirror images of molecules found in nature, could put humans, animals and plants at risk of lethal infections. The DNA of all living organisms is made from ‘right-handed’ nucleotides, while proteins, the building blocks of cells, are made …
As the US yields on climate leadership, China rises to fill the void
By Umair Irfan, Vox This year’s most important climate meeting just ended. What did it accomplish? Activists demonstrate for climate finance for the Global South at the COP29 Climate Conference on November 21, 2024, in Baku, Azerbaijan. Sean Gallup/Getty Images The COP29 conference — the latest round of international climate change …
A surprise solar boom reveals a fatal flaw in our climate change projections
By Noah Gordon and Daevan Mangalmurti, Vox Solar is surging, but so is humanity’s energy appetite. We need better models. Solar panels installed on the roof of buildings at Skardu in Pakistan’s Gilgit-Baltistan region. AFP via Getty Images When the satellites zoomed in, you could see the panels gleaming from space. …
In the Dry Colorado River Delta, the Future of These Green Oases Hangs in the Balance
By Alex Hager, Inside Climate News Restoration sites provide critical habitat for migrating birds where the river no longer flows, but the conservationists behind them worry that political tensions could threaten their survival. The Colorado River flows through El Chausse, a restoration site in northwestern Mexico, on Oct. 26. Environmentalists …
As Countries Reel From a Dizzying Climate Summit, All Eyes Turn to Plastic Negotiations
By Kiley Price, Inside Climate News Countries are convened in South Korea to finalize a global treaty for curbing plastic pollution. Protesters stood outside the venue for the fifth session of the global plastic negotiations in Busan, South Korea, on November 25, 2024. Credit: ANTHONY WALLACE/AFP via Getty Images The …